The Oc Life

The Offspring

tom:

    C#  G#  E  F#  A  D  B  F#(2) Eb Bb
E|--X---X---X--X---X--X--X--X-----X---X-------------------------|
B|--X---X---X--X---X--X--X--X-----X---X-------------------------|
G|--6---X---9--11--X--7--X--X-----8---X-------------------------|
D|--6---6---9--11--7--7--9--4-----8---8-------------------------|
A|--4---6---7--9---7--5--9--4-----6---8-------------------------|
E|--X---4---X--X---5--X--7--2-----X---6-------------------------|

[Intro] (
listen to recording for timing) 

(A chords should be played with a single downstroke)

C# (let ring)

C# G# E F# E D

A B F#(2) D

C# G# E F# E D

A B F#(2) D

E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-------11-------10-------------------------------------------|
D|-X-(x25)-X--(x10)-X--(x5)--------------------------------------|
A|-4-------9--------8--------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]

C#                           E          Eb
Want to be a member, want to be a name
B               B#  B         C#
Want to be a lo-cal face that plays the social games
C#                                    E               Eb
Dancing through a time will bring you dinosaur trends
B                       B# B         C#
The limits of your mind is where the county line ends
C#                  E                 Eb
Listen to the media present it all as fact
B                   B#    B   C#
Following the lead ’cause you don't know how to act
C#                                   E                   Eb
Travel in a straight line ’cause you don't know your own way
B                      B#  B                   C#
They'll get you in the end before you know you know you have a say


[Chorus]
(A chords should be played with a single downstroke)

     C#           G#      E        F#  E         D
This O.C. life is not the life for me, insulated world,
A  B  F#         D
      Trade your happy thoughts
C#           G#      E        F#      E              D
O.C. life is not the life so free, oppression is for real
A  B      F#    D
     With ar-ti-fi-cial


[solo]

    joys           for you girls and boys
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9h11-9h11-9h11-9h--11--9h----11--9h11-9h11-9h11-9h11p9-7h9p7-6-6-9---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

                               (let ring)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9h11-9h11-9h11-9h11-9h11-9h11---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14p12-10h12p10-9-9-12--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                       (alternate picking)
E|-------------------------------12h14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|
B|-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14-14h17--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-------11-------10-------------------------------------------|
D|-X-(x35)-X--(x10)-X--(x5)--------------------------------------|
A|-4-------9--------8--------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|


[Verse 2]

C#                             E              Eb
Want to be remembered, want to have some fame
B                B# B         C#
Fighting to stay a--head is a part of the game
C#                       E              Eb
ATM and Starbucks, every corner are the norm
B              B#  B           C#
Environment so ste-rile, it'll get you to conform
C#           E             Eb
714, wear it like a brand
B            B# B          C#
Contaminated fu-ture has a biohazard scent
C#                            E         Eb
Fighting their rules, I don't see their way
B                   B# B          C#
Guess you're really in before you know you have a say


[Chorus]
(A chords should be played with a single downstroke)

     C#           G#      E        F#  E         D
This O.C. life is not the life for me, insulated world,
A  B  F#              D
      with wide happy thoughts
C#           G#      E        F#      E              D
O.C. life is not the life so free, oppression is for real
A  B      F#    D
     With ar-ti-fi-cial


[Outro]

    joys           for you girls and boys
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9h11-9h11-9h11-9h--11--9h----11--9h11-9h11-9h11-9h11p9-7h9p7-6-6-9---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

                              check you out your all over T-
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9h11-9h11-9h11-9h11-9h11-9h11---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

   V
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14p12-10h12p10-9-9-12--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                       (alternate picking)
E|-------------------------------12h14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|
B|-12h14-12h14-12h14-12h14-14h17--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-------7--------6-------8--------11--------------------------|
D|-X-(x12)-X--(x10)-X--(x2)-X--(x11)-X--(x13)--------------------|
A|-4-------5--------4-------6--------9---------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|